The CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security is proud to host a public event on U.S. leadership in meeting the burgeoning health needs of vulnerable populations living in the midst of conflict and disorder. The event is held in collaboration with the University of Washington Department of Global Health, PATH, the Washington Global Health Alliance, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In today’s world, chronic wars and unstable and fragile states have proliferated, giving rise to over 65 million refugees and displaced persons. This has brought forward ever more urgent needs to detect and control disease outbreaks, ensure reproductive, maternal, and child health services, sustain immunizations, and protect against violence. How is the United States to lead in meeting these critical health security needs? Senator Patty Murray, senior Democratic senator from the state of Washington, and a member of the CSIS Commission, will provide the opening keynote address, followed by an expert panel. Agenda:
10:30-10:35 am – Welcome: UW Provost Mark Richards 10:35-10:45 am – Opening remarks: J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Global Health Policy Center Director, CSIS 10:45-11:00 am – Keynote address: Senator Patty Murray 11:00-12:00 pm – Panel discussion • Moderator: Jimmy Kolker, former Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services • Discussants: o Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Medicine, and President, American Association for the Advancement of Science o Steve Davis, President and CEO, PATH o Beth Bell, Clinical Professor, UW Department of Global Health, UW MetaCenter for Pandemic Preparedness and Global Health Security o Pamela Collins, Professor, UW Depts. of Global Health and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences o Scott Dowell, Deputy Director for Surveillance and Epidemiology, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 12:00-12:20 pm – Audience Q&A 12:20-12:30 pm – Closing remarks: J. Stephen Morrison The event will be livestreamed at goo.gl… Please register at www.csis.org…. Please contact Samantha Stroman, sstroman@csis.org with any questions. Facebook event page:
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